Fourteen members (13% of the total membership) were present at the outset and 21 (20%) at the end of sitting.

Two minority Senators attended the sitting.

Output

On behalf of Chairman Standing Committee on Petroleum, a member of the committee presented report on the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2018.

Moved by the Leader of the Opposition, the House passed a motion to withdraw three bills from the concerned Standing Committees as these Committees are not yet functional. These bills were the Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2018; the Islamabad Healthcare Regulation Bill, 2018 and the Health Services Academy (Restructuring) Bill, 2018.

The House passed twelve government bills which were the Prevention of Smuggling of Migrants Bill, 2018; the Institute for Art and Culture Bill, 2018; the Institute of Science and Technology Bahawalpur Bill, 2018; Sir Syed-CASE (Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering) Institute of Technology, Islamabad Bill 2018; the Establishment of the Federal Bank for Cooperatives and Regulation of Cooperative Banking (Repeal) Bill, 2018; the House Building Finance Corporation (Repeal) Bill, 2018; the Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2018; the Islamabad Healthcare Regulation Bill, 2018; the Health Services Academy (Restructuring) Bill, 2018; the Women in Distress and Detention Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2017; the Juvenile Justice System Bill, 2018 and the Islamabad Capital Territory Child Protection Bill, 2018.

Moved by a PPPP lawmaker, the House passed the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which suggested to enhance the fine and imprisonment of those criminals involved in child abuse cases.

Minister for Human Rights presented the Federal Public Service Commission’s Annual Report for the year, 2016.

Representation and Responsiveness

Eleven lawmakers spoke on as many matters of public importance for 35 minutes.

Order and Institutionalization

A lawmaker spoke on a point of order for four minutes.

Transparency

Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.